Terminal structure for electric batteries



P. E. NORRIS. TERMINAL STRUCTURE FOR igscmlc BATTERIES. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8, 1920 1,352,61 9. Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

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H16 A TTORNEY aperture in said cover and comprising a tapered section adjacent said aperture and a cylindrical section above such tapered section, a follower screwed into said a erture and having a body the inner sur ace of which is tapered to engage with the tapered section of said post, the follower also comprising a head sleeved over the cylindrical portion of the post and overlapping the cell cover, and a gasket located between the cell cover and the head oflsaid follower.

4. In an electric battery, an apertured cell cover, a terminal post passing through the aperture in said cover and comprising a tapered section adjacent said aperture and a cylindrical section'above such tapered section, the surface of said tapered section forming an acute angle with the vertical, a follower screwed into said aperture and havlower adapted to be driven into said'aperture and having an inside tapered surface engaging with said terminal post, said follower also having a head overlapping part of said cell cover, and a gasket located between said cell cover and said follower head.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PAUL E. NORRIS. 

